The Department of Optometry in collaboration with a United Kingdom-based NGO, Vision Aid Overseas has organised a two-day eye screening exercise for the people of Nkanfoa in Cape Coast.

The exercise, the second to be organised this year, after the first was held at Abakrampa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District, forms part of a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)between the Department and Vision Aid.

A five-member team from the UK and some staff and students of the Department are taking part in the free eye screening exercise. In an interview, the Head of Department, Dr. Emmanuel Kwasi Abu, said the outreach programme would be held twice each year till the expiration of the existing agreement.

Presenting the items, Dr. Oben-Nyarko, said the essence of the donation was to assist the Department to join the fight against global blindness. He urged them to take good care of the equipment.

Receiving the items, the Dean of the School of Allied Sciences, Prof. Moses Eghan, expressed gratitude to Dr. Oben-Nyarko for the assistance. He assured the donor that the equipment would be put to good use.